Delegate Susan Lee is the
first Asian (and Chinese) American woman to be elected to the
Maryland General Assembly. She is currently a member of the House
Judiciary Committee (Civil Law Subcommittee), Chair of the
Montgomery County Delegation's County Affairs Committee, and a
member of Women Legislators of Maryland. She was recently
appointed by the Speaker of the House as Deputy Majority Whip of
the Maryland House of Delegates.

Delegate. Lee has been a
member of the House of
Delegates since 2002. In the 2003 session of the Maryland General
Assembly, she introduced three significant consumer protection
bills and cosponsored more than sixty other bills. Delegate Lee
is the lead sponsor of House Bill 202, which establishes that the
manufacture of counterfeit currency is a crime in Maryland; House
Bill 598, which protects the citizens of Maryland by increasing
the penalties for the crime of identity theft, one of the fastest
growing crimes in the nation; and House Bill 730, which clarifies
that Internet auction fraud is a crime in Maryland, and provides
jurisdiction so that Maryland law enforcement can investigate and
prosecute Internet auction fraud. All of these bills have
received favorable votes from the House of Delegates and will
soon be voted on by the Maryland Senate. Delegate Lee is a
cosponsor of House Bill 322, which will strengthen Maryland's
hate crimes law, and which has already passed the House. In
addition, she has cosponsored bills that would permit immigrants
residing in Maryland to pay resident tuition at Maryland
universities, allow hardworking people to take partially paid
leave to care for a seriously ill family member, improve the
quality of heath care available to the citizens of Maryland,
strengthen gun control laws and prevent drunk driving.

Ms. Lee is also of Counsel
to the law firm of Gebhardt & Associates, LLP (2001 to present).
Previously, she was a member of the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Public Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce (appointed
by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce), and also a legislative
assistant to the Montgomery County Council President (2000-2001).
Between 1993 and 2001, Ms. Lee worked for the law firms of
Alexander, Bearden, Hairston & Marks, LLP, and Peña & Associates,
PC. She was an attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(1988-1993), the Executive Director of the National Democratic
Council of Asian and Pacific Americans (1983-1986), and an
attorney at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1983-1986).
During 1981-82, Ms. Lee was a law clerk at the San Francisco
Superior Court.

Delegate Susan Lee was born
in San Antonio, Texas. She attended Winston Churchill High School
in Potomac, Maryland, and completed her B.A. degree in political
science from the University of Maryland, College Park. She
obtained her J.D. degree from the University of San Francisco
School of Law. She was admitted to the bars of California and the
District of Columbia in 1983; and in 2001 to the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims, U.S. District Court (District of Columbia), U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ms. Lee has been involved
in numerous professional, political, and civic organizations over
the years. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar
(member, Intellectual Property Law Section), the California State
Bar (member, Intellectual Property Law Section), and the National
Asian Pacific American Bar Association. She is co-chair of the
Multicultural Community Partnership of the NAACP (Montgomery
County Branch), a board member of Progressive Maryland, and a
member of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee as
well as the Women's Suburban Democratic Club. She also belongs to
the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, the Organization of
Chinese Americans, and the League of Korean Americans of
Maryland.

Ms. Lee was president of
the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Greater Washington
Area (1985), and is a founding member and current chair of the
Coalition of Asian Pacific American Democrats of Maryland.
Previously, she also belonged to the Western Montgomery County
Citizens Advisory Board, and the Democratic Forum of Montgomery
County.

Ms. Lee was co-founder and
a member of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Asian
Pacific American Caucus Institute (now Asian Pacific American
Institute for Congressional Studies). She was an At Large Gore
Delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention. She was also
a coordinator of Asian Pacific Americans for Terry Lierman for
Congress (2000), a coordinator of Asian Pacific Americans for
Ralph Neas for Congress (1998), and also a member of the Asian
Pacific American Advisory Committee to Re-elect Governor Parris
Glendening and Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (1998).
In 1993, she was the Asian Pacific American Community Volunteer
Coordinator for the Clinton/Gore Presidential Inaugural
Committee.

Ms. Lee has received a
number of awards for her leadership and community service, which
include Progressive Maryland Progressive Leader Award (2002),
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Merit Award (2002), Korean American
Senior Citizens Association Community Service Award (2000),
Global Mission Church Community Service Award (1999), and
Governor's Citation for Noteworthy Community Service (1999).

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